M.M.A., Composition

Yale University, New Haven, CT

• 01/2009-05-2009, with David Lang
• 09/2008-12/2008, with Ezra Laderman
• 09/2007-05/2008, with Martin Bresnick
• 09/2006-05/2007, with Aaron Jay Kernis

• Rena Greenwald Memorial Prize (2009)
• John Day Jackson Prize (2007)

B.M., Theory and Composition

Boston University, Boston, MA

• 01/2006-05/2006, with Richard Cornell
• 09/2005-12/2005, with Theodore Antoniou
• 09/2003-05/2005, with Martin Amlin
• 09/2002-05/2003, with Samuel Headrick

• Member in Pi Kappa Lambda, Alpha Kappa chapter (2005)
• On BU College of Fine Arts Dean's list with distinction - 7 times
• On BU College of Fine Arts Dean's list - 1 time

Cantor and Musical Adviser

Israel Defense Force, Tel Aviv, NN  Israel

Duties include: performing memorial services, arranging and composing
music for the Cantors' Choir, musical direction of the Cantors' Choir

Teaching Assistant in Center for Study of Music Technology

Yale University, New Haven, CT

Duties include: setting up recording sessions, recording, editing, Teaching
Assistant for electronic music classes, updating software
Experience gained: teaching at post-secondary level

Teacher - High School

Yeshiva of New Haven, New Haven, CT

Duties include: teacher of Jewish History, Hebrew, and Hebrew grammar,
6 hours a week
Experience gained: creating syllabi and teaching in class setting

Private Teacher

Self Employed, Various, NN  Israel

Duties include: teaching piano, music theory and Jewish Studies to
private students

• Rena Greenwald Memorial Prize (2009)
• Language and Sound Project Commission (2009)
• Norfolk Festival Commission (2008)
• Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute: runner-up (2008)

• John Day Jackson Prize (2007)
• Alea III Commission (2006)
• Member in Pi Kappa Lambda, Alpha Kappa chapter (2005)
• On BU College of Fine Arts Dean's list with distinction - 7 times

• On BU College of Fine Arts Dean's list - 1 time

* Scene from "The Doctor in Spite of Himself," for four singers and piano, completed 04/09, première 05/09
* Water Tropes, for string Quartet, water sounds, and throat singer,
duration15', completion and première 04/09
* Two-eyed Elk, for trombone, Duration 5', completed 01/09, première

03/09
* Le Tombeau de..., for piano, duration 10', completed 11/08, première
12/08
* Scene from The homecoming of Beorhtnoth, for tenor, baritone, and piano,

duration 6'30", completed 9/08
* Woodwind Quintet, duration 11', completed 6/08, première 7/08
* Fantasy for Bass Clarinet, duration 10', completed 2/08, première 4/08
* Variation on a Theme by Theodore Antoniou, for ensemble), duration

30", completed and première 3/08
* Moznayim, for orchestra, duration 9'30", completed 10/07, première
11/07
*Ubangi, for Large Ensemble, duration 6'15", completed 3/07, première

4/2/07
* One Eyed Elk, for solo flute, duration 6', completed 12/06, première
2/22/07
* Hishtapchus Hanefesh for five cellos, duration 10', completed 11/06,

première 12/21/06 on New Music New Haven
* Piece for Pianist, Clarinetist, Etc., duration 4'30", completed 8/06
* Trombone Fanfare, duration 2', completed 7/06, premiered 9/2/06
* Violin Duet, duration 10', completed 7/06, premiere 8/4/06

* Beelzebub and Associates, LLC, for large orchestra, duration 4'30",
completed 4/06, read 4/24/06
* Fugue for string quartet, duration 2', completed 5/06
* Sonetti di Petrarca (2) for female singer and orchestra, duration 9'30"

completed 1/06, performed on BU Honors Concert 3/28/06
* Songs of Praise for SSAA Chorus, duration 7', completed 1/06, premiere
by BU Women's chorale 3/06
* Gending Ahava Raba (revised) for solo clarinet and ensemble (cl., 2 vln.,

vibraphone, and piano) duration 9', completed 1/06, performed 2/26/06
* Movement for Woodwind Quintet, duration 5'40", completed 11/05,
première 2/26/06
* Sonetti di Petrarca (4) for soprano and piano, duration 16', completed

9/05, première 2/26/06
* Mimamakim for baritone and string sextet, duration 4', completed 6/05,
première 2/26/06
* Gending Ahava Raba for solo clarinet and ensemble (cl., 2 vln., accordion,

and piano) duration 8', completed 4/05, première 5/5/05
* Three Constructions for chamber orchestra (double winds, 2 horns, no brass,
timpani, 6/6/4/0/0) duration 7'10", completed 3/05, première 4/27/05
* Gending Lautfasi for string quartet, duration 9'50", completed 10/04,

première 11/30/04
* Sonata for Percussion Quartet, duration 10', completed 1/04, première
3/18/04
* Variations for Violin and Piano, duration 6'20", completed 3/03, première

4/29/03
* Songs of Praise for treble chorus, duration 7", completed 1/03, première
4/29/03 (revised version 4/27/04)
* Al Naharot Bavel, duration 4'20", completed 11/02, première 12/02

* Nocturne for piano duration 5', completed 2001
* Psalm 117 for mixed choir, string orchestra and harp, duration 2', completed
2001
* Contrast for piano, duration 5', completed 2001

* Dance for piano, duration 4' completed 2001

Works performed on:
* Language and Sound Project
* 12 Nights of Electronic Music and Art
* Santa Fe New Music

* Music from Almost Yesterday, University of Wisconsin
* Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, MASS MoCA
* Norfolk Chamber Festival, Ellen Battel Stoeckel Estate
* New Music New Haven, Morse Recital Hall, Yale

* The Audition, Sudler Hall, Yale
* Theodore Antoniou Tribute Concert, BU
* New Music New Haven/Philharmonia Concert, Woolsey Hall, Yale
* ALEA III Composer Workshop Concert, Tsai Performance Center, Boston

* Various concerts at Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Hall, Yale
* 6th Annual Travers Family Concert, Chelan, WA
* Orchestral Readings, BU
* BU Concerto Competition Winners Concert, Tsai Performance Center, BU

* BU Choral Ensembles Concert, BU
* Senior Composition Recital, BU
* David Project Concert, BU
* Composers Forum, BU

Performed in (singing, throat-singing, piano or conducting):
* New Music New Haven, Morse Recital Hall, Yale
* Senior Composition Recital, BU

* David Project Concert, BU
* Composers Forum, BU
* Concert Choir concerts, BU
* BU Symphonic chorus concerts, Symphony Hall, Boston

• Soviet Impact on Tuvan Music -- Sterling Memorial Library, Yale -- April 3rd, 2009